Democratic Front of Turkey

The Democratic Front was a socialist political party in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey that existed during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The Democratic Front differed from the socialist Kurdish Party in that it favored free trade, secularism, and opposed the military, while the Kurdish party advocated a state-run economy, a religiously diverse society, and a strong army. The Democratic Front was even more left-wing than the Kurdish Party in many ways, and it became one of the most powerful left-wing parties in Turkey.